Procurement | NORA

Contact | NORA

News | NORA

NORA | NORA

RTFO Account Login | NORA

Annual Reports | NORA

RTFO Resources | NORA

Determinations | NORA

RTFO Enquiries | NORA

Cookie Policy | NORA

When selecting a user interface component with the keyboard, the focus indicator must 
not be completely obscured by anything in front of it.

## Why this matters

When using a keyboard, it is important that the user can see where they are on the page.
If the focus indicator is obscured, the user may not know where they are, and may not
be able to interact with the page.

## Examples

Most common examples include:

* Banners at the top or bottom of the page, such as cookie banners
* Fixed navigation bars
* Fixed footers
* Popup modals, such as cookie consent modals

## How to fix

With elements that cover part of the screen, such as cookie banners, ensure
that the user can scroll to see any content behind the banner, without having to close
the banner.

With popup modals, it should usually be impossible to focus anything behind the modal.
Most common modal frameworks will automatically trap focus within the modal, so that
this is impossible. Example: [Bootstrap Modal](https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.2/components/modal/#live-demo).

## Further reading

This is part of the draft WCAG 2.2 specification and is subject to change.

* [WCAG 2.4.12](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/focus-not-obscured.html)

ensure-focus-is-not-obscured-minimum

May 2025

April 2025

National Oil Reserves Agency (NORA)

Title / URL	Issues
Procurement \| NORAwww.nora.ie/procurement	13
Contact \| NORAwww.nora.ie/contact	12
News \| NORAwww.nora.ie/news	12
NORA \| NORAwww.nora.ie/nora	12
RTFO Account Login \| NORAwww.nora.ie/rtfo-account-login	12
Annual Reports \| NORAwww.nora.ie/annual-reports	12
RTFO Resources \| NORAwww.nora.ie/rtfo-resources	12
Determinations \| NORAwww.nora.ie/determinations	12
RTFO Enquiries \| NORAwww.nora.ie/rtfo-enquiries	12
Cookie Policy \| NORAwww.nora.ie/cookie-policy	12

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

National Oil Reserves Agency (NORA)

Where this issue has occurred